Niedergesteln

Also known as Niedergesteln VS

Niedergesteln is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Niedergesteln
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Gestelnburg1.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Ruins of Gestelnburg above Niedergesteln village
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Niedergesteln COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Niedergesteln Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Valais
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-VS
Swiss town.district: Raron
Swiss town.postal_code: 3942
Swiss town.municipality_code: 6198
Swiss town.area: 17.4
Swiss town.elevation: 639
Swiss town.population: 616
Swiss town.populationof: December 2002
Swiss town.popofyear: 2002
Swiss town.website: www.niedergesteln.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Josef Pfammatter

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Official name: Niedergesteln
Population: 710
Area: 17.63
Elevation: 639
Official website: www.niedergesteln.ch
Image: Gestelnburg1.jpg
Dialing code: 027
Licence plate code: VS

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Commons category: Niedergesteln
postal code: 3942
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6198

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Niedergesteln is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|Aerial view (1955) Niedergesteln is first mentioned around 1179-84 as Chastellon. In 1224 it was mentioned as Castellion. The municipality was formerly known by its French name Châtillon-le-Bas, however, that name is no longer used.